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Calliactis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Hormathiidae

Phylum
  
Cnidaria

Order
  
Sea anemone

Class
  
Anthozoa

Scientific name
  
Calliactis

Rank
  
genus

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Similar
  
Sea anemone, Calliactis polypus, Calliactis tricolor, Dardanus, Hormathiidae

Calliactis is a genus of sea anemones. Species in this genus are mutually symbiotic with hermit crabs. The anemone gets a place to live and discarded scraps of the crab's food in exchange for its help in defending the crab.

Calliactis Calliactis Wikipedia

Species

Species within the genus include:

  • Calliactis algoaensis
  • Calliactis androgyna
  • Calliactis annulata
  • Calliactis argentacoloratus
  • Calliactis brevicornis
  • Calliactis conchicola
  • Calliactis japonica
  • Calliactis parasitica
  • Calliactis polypores
  • Calliactis polypus
  • Calliactis reticulata
  • Calliactis sinensis
  • Calliactis tricolor
  • Calliactis valdiviae
  • Calliactis variegata
  • Calliactis vincentina
  • Calliactis xishaensis

    • Calliactis Hermit Crab Anemone Calliactis polypus

    References

    Calliactis Wikipedia
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